A People's Theology

You'll enjoy this episode as much as Dr. Pugh is currently enjoying retirement. In this episode, Dr. Jeffrey Pugh talks about Bonhoeffer's Religionless Christianity. What did Religionless Christianity mean for Bonhoeffer in his day and what could it mean in ours? Guest Info/Bio: Jeffrey Pugh was a professor of Religious Studies at Elon University and an ordained minister of the United Methodist Church. His books include: Religionless Christianity: Dietrich Bonhoeffer in Troubled Times and The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to the End Times: Theology After You've Been Left Behind. Find Jeffrey here: Twitter: @JeffreyCPugh Special music by Comrades: wearecomrades.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/WeAreComrades Twitter: @WeAreComrades Instagram: @wearecomrades Get connected to Mason: masonmennenga.com Patreon: patreon.com/masonmennenga Twitter: @masonmennenga Facebook: facebook.com/mason.mennenga Instagram: masonmennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let us all be grateful for the wisdom of Diana Butler Bass. In this episode she talks about her new book, Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks, and how gratitude subverts the hostility of current-day American political and religious life. Guest Bio/Info: Diana Butler Bass is an author, speaker, and independent scholar specializing in American religion and culture. Find Diana here: dianabutlerbass.com Twitter: @dianabutlerbass Facebook: facebook.com/d.butler.bass Special music by Peter the Canary Keeper: soundcloud.com/peterthecanarykeeper Get connected to Mason: masonmennenga.com Patreon: patreon.com/masonmennenga Twitter: @masonmennenga Facebook: facebook.com/mason.mennenga Instagram: masonmennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brandan Robertson is here to talk about his new book, Our Witness: The Unheard Stories of LGBT+ Christians. We also touch on his own spiritual journey, the inspiration behind the book, and the ways in which LGBTQ+ Christians are faithfully changing the institution of the church. Guest Bio/Info: Brandan Robertson is an author, pastor, thought-leader, and contemplative activist working at the intersections of spirituality, sexuality, and social renewal. Find Brandan here: brandanrobertson.com Twitter: @BrandanJR Instagram: @brandanrobertson Facebook: facebook.com/brandanjrobertson Special music by The Chairman Dances: thechairmandances.com Get connected to Mason: masonmennenga.com Patreon: patreon.com/masonmennenga Twitter: @masonmennenga Facebook: facebook.com/mason.mennenga Instagram: masonmennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Check your whiteness at the door and join Tori and I, as she talks about the intersection of anti-racism, spirituality, and science. She talks about the work she does at a neuroscience lab in Oregon and how their research equips people in the work of anti-racism. She also talks about her spiritual journey and how it relates to her passion for anti-racism and science. Guest Bio/Info: Tori is a writer, an anti-racist activist and educator, neuroscience research assistant, history nerd, and an ex-evangelical. She uses neuroscience to re-frame the way culture engages with mental health, race, racism, spiritual abuse, sexuality, and the legal system. Find Tori here: toriglass.com Twitter: @ToriGlass Instagram: @toriglass Special music by Page Grey: iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/artist/page-grey Twitter: @PageGreyMusic Instagram: @pagegreymusic Get connected to Mason: masonmennenga.com Patreon: patreon.com/masonmennenga Twitter: @masonmennenga Facebook: facebook.com/mason.mennenga Instagram: masonmennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christian higher education has never been so religionless! In this episode, Drew Moser and Mason talk about Drew's new book, Ready or Not: Leaning in Life in Our Twenties. They talk about the ways in which millennials are engaging with the church and spirituality. Guest Bio/Info: Drew Moser is a Dean and Professor at Taylor University in Indiana. He’s also a writer, speaker, and consultant on twentysomethings and vocation. Find Drew here: drewmoser.com Twitter: @drewmoser Instagram: @drewmoser Facebook: facebook.com/drewmoserauthor Special music by Saturne: ryanphipps.com/saturne Spotify: Saturne iTunes: Saturne Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/soundsofsaturne Get connected to Mason: masonmennenga.com Patreon: patreon.com/masonmennenga Twitter: @masonmennenga Facebook: facebook.com/mason.mennenga Instagram: masonmennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason Chesnut joins us to subvert institutionalized Christianity! Jason and Mason talk about #SlateSpeak, an online spiritual community. He talks about the ways in which people foster their faith online and how this medium of faith fostering subverts institutionalized Christianity. Guest Info/Bio: Jason is an organizer, filmmaker, and co-curator of The Slate Project. Find Jason here: Twitter: @crazypastor ankosfilms.com Special music by Ben Grace: bengracemusic.com Twitter: @bengracemusic Instagram: @bengracemusic Facebook: facebook.com/BenGraceMusic Get connected to Mason: masonmennenga.com Patreon: patreon.com/masonmennenga Twitter: @masonmennenga Facebook: facebook.com/mason.mennenga Instagram: masonmennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Garbage Oprah is here and the only thing they are giving away to you is snark, Enneagram wisdom, and spirituality on Twitter. They bestow upon us mere peasants the wisdom of the Enneagram for millennials, their spiritual journey, the #churchtoo movement, and their sense of spirituality formed on Twitter. Guest Bio/Info: Hannah Paasch is a writer and trauma researcher. Find Hannah here: hannahpaasch.com Twitter: @hannahpaasch Instagram: hannahpaasch & garbageoprah Special music by Bear Success: bearsuccess.bandcamp.com Facebook: facebook.com/BearSuccess Instagram: bearsuccess Get connected to Mason: masonmennenga.com Patreon: patreon.com/masonmennenga Twitter: @masonmennenga Facebook: facebook.com/mason.mennenga Instagram: masonmennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Theology nerds rejoice, David Congdon is here! David and I talk about his most recent book The God Who Saves and its contribution to the way soteriology informs our ecclesiology. Speaking of which, David and I also get all up in your ecclesiastical business talking about technology’s impact on the future of the church, finding “church” outside of church, and religionless Christianity. Guest Bio/Info: David Congdon is an author, speaker, and scholar working in the area of theology and culture. He hails originally from Portland, Oregon, completed a B.A. in English at Wheaton College, acquired an M.Div. and Ph.D. in theology from Princeton Theological Seminary, and has since worked in the publishing industry as an academic editor. Find David here: dwcongdon.com Twitter: @dwcongdon Special music by River Teeth: riverteethmn.bandcamp.com Facebook: facebook.com/riverteethmn/ Instagram: instagram.com/riverteethmn/ Get connected to Mason: masonmennenga.com Twitter: @masonmennenga Instagram: masonmennenga Facebook: facebook.com/mason.mennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian McLaren. Yes, you read that correctly. We have Brian McLaren here today on Religionless Church. Brian and I talk about his book The Great Spiritual Migration as it relates to religionless Christianity and upcoming projects on which he’s working. Guest Bio/Info: Brian D. McLaren is an author, speaker, activist, and public theologian. A former college English teacher and pastor, he is a passionate advocate for “a new kind of Christianity” – just, generous, and working with people of all faiths for the common good. Find Brian here: brianmclaren.net Twitter: @brianmclaren Facebook: facebook.com/mclaren.brian/ Special music by Jessica Lamb: jessicalambmusic.com  Twitter: @jessicalamb Facebook: facebook.com/jlambmusic/ Instagram: jessicalambmusic  Get connected to Mason: masonmennenga.com Twitter: @masonmennenga Facebook: facebook.com/mason.mennenga Instagram: masonmennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Burnette is in the house! Tim and I have an ecclesiastical rich conversation that convalesces to topics of process theology, process ecclesiology, and The Way Collective.  Guest Info/Bio: Tim Burnette is a Doctor of Ministry student at Claremont School of Theology and pastor of The Way Collective, a new movement in Santa Barbara, CA, and is a community for people looking to unite by living well for the common good in an increasingly divisive world.  Find Tim here: Twitter: @tdburnette www.waycollective.org Special music by James Worsham: Twitter: @james_worsham jamesworsham.net To get connected to Mason: masonmennenga.com Twitter: @masonmennenga Facebook: facebook.com/mason.mennenga Instagram: masonmennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices